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BLOOD BORN cover has been released!

Hi everyone, just a quick little note to let you all know that my friend Alex has revealed the cover for BLOOD BORN on his blog today...YAY! Wanna see? You do?! Then go here:
ELECTRIFYING REVIEWS
And I'll be doing a post with the cover reveal on Monday, so you can come back and see it here then!
YAY! SO EXCITED TODAY!

TGIF over at GReads!

The awesomeness that is Ginger (or G, as I like to call her) over at GReads! has created a great meme that is tons of fun. Each Friday, she poses a question for anyone to answer. Go check her out and join in!

This Friday's Question:

Books to Television:

Which books would you love to see
made into a
TV series or movie?

Wow, my list for this question is SOOO long! Nearly every book I've read I would love to see on TV or at the movies...how do I narrow it down! I know, I'll choose one of...

Just a friendly reminder for all you (wannabe) writers out there!

Anyone who is a writer knows how difficult writing a book can be. It's painful, heartbreaking, exciting, thrilling, soul-crushing...and so much more. As a famous book begins (worded a bit differently), It's the best of times, it's the worst of times. So, so true.

But exactly how does a book get written? Do magical faeries climb into a writer's head, pull out the words and drop them onto blank paper, moving them and shaping them into beautiful prose? Or maybe writers slip into states of cataton...

Waiting on Wednesday: ALL THESE THINGS I'VE DONE

The lovely Jill (a fellow Alabamian!) over at Breaking the Spine created the Waiting on Wednesday meme for us bloggers to showcase books we're waiting on.

I hadn't even heard of this week's selection until the lovely Savannah (@BookswithBite) tweeted about her giveaway (check it out here), but once I read the description I knew I had to feature it. If you've never heard of it either, then you're in for a treat! My WoW pick this week is...



All The Things I've Done
By Gabrielle Zevin
Pub date Yeste...

Teaser Tuesday!

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

Grab your current readOpen to a random pageShare two (2) "teaser" sentences from somewhere on that pageBE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS!(make sure that what you share doesn't give too much away! You don't want to ruin the book for others!)Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

Happy Labor Day...and a winner!

First let me start by apologizing for taking so long to get this post up. I had actually forgotten that today was Monday!

So to start, I wish all of you who celebrate it a very Happy Labor Day!





And for my giveaway of an ARC of ASHES by Ilsa J. Bick, random.org has spoken, and the winner is...







Lisa B!



Congratulations Lisa! Please email me your mailing address and I will get your book out to you ASAP! And thank you to everyone who entered my giveaway, and I do hope that even though...

TGIF over at GReads!

The awesomeness that is Ginger (or G, as I like to call her) over at GReads! has created a great meme that is tons of fun. Each Friday, she poses a question for anyone to answer. Go check her out and join in!



This Friday's Question:



Making a Difference:



Which book(s) would you put

in the hands of today's teenagers

in hopes of making a difference

in their lives?



This question is a difficult one for me to answer, because I don't like pushing any sort of thought system or...

It's Giveaway Time!

So I thought to myself, what better to do on a Thursday than hold a giveaway? Right? Yeah, I thought so, too!



Today I'm giving away a signed ARC of a really great YA dystopian that is scheduled to release on Tuesday, so maybe you'll be lucky enough to win a copy! And what, you ask, is this elusive ARC? Why, it's none other than...







ASHES

By Ilsa J. Bick

pub date Tuesday!!



product description from goodreads.com





It could happen tomorrow...



A cataclysmic event. An army of "The Changed."
...

Waiting on Wednesday: Movie Edition!!

The lovely Jill (a fellow Alabamian!) over at Breaking the Spine created the Waiting on Wednesday meme for us bloggers to showcase books we're waiting on.



Today I've decided to shake things up just a bit. Instead of showcasing a book I'm dying to read (and believe me, there are plenty!), I decided to turn the spotlight on a movie I seriously can't wait to see. And I know I'm not alone. So today, enjoy the tiny teaser revealed on the VMAs just this past Sunday. Yep, I'm talking about...



The...

Tune in Tuesday (5)

Today it is once again time for Tune in Tuesdays, a really cool meme created by my friend Ginger (or "G" as I like to call her!) over at GReads! This is a super fun meme that is filled with all sorts of music sure to give you a boost of energy and make you smile.



And right now, Ginger has taken it once step further by running a Tune in Tuesdays: 90s edition! How awesome is that?! Music from the 90s was some of the best (esp. to those of us old enough to remember it as it happened...